Inventions and Sinfonias by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Edited by Rudolf Steglich. Henle Music Folios with softcover. Published by G. Henle Verlag (HL.51481064).

Johann Sebastian Bach was not only an extremely skilled composer, but also an ingenious teacher. Even today, many piano students learn the basics of technique with his “Inventions” und “Sinfonias” and at the same time the most important elements of “classical” music. Bach called the 15 two-part pieces “Inventions” and the three-part ones “Sinfonias”. He wrote a preface to the musical text, dedicating it to “amateurs of the piano, but in particular to those who desire to learn”. Bach’s preface and a table with the most common ornaments in the “Clavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach” are also reproduced in the Henle edition.

Contents Include:
- Invention 1 C major BWV 772
- Invention 2 c minor BWV 773
- Invention 3 D major BWV 774
- Invention 4 d minor BWV 775
- Invention 5 E flat major BWV 776
- Invention 6 E major BWV 777
- Invention 7 e minor BWV 778
- Invention 8 F major BWV 779
- Invention 9 f minor BWV 780
- Invention 10 G major BWV 781
- Invention 11 g minor BWV 782
- Invention 12 A major BWV 783
- Invention 13 a minor BWV 784
- Invention 14 B flat major BWV 785
- Invention 15 b minor BWV 786
- Sinfonia 1 C major BWV 787
- Sinfonia 2 c minor BWV 788
- Sinfonia 3 D major BWV 789
- Sinfonia 4 d minor BWV 790
- Sinfonia 5 E flat major BWV 791
- Sinfonia 6 E major BWV 792
- Sinfonia 7 e minor BWV 793
- Sinfonia 8 F major BWV 794
- Sinfonia 9 f minor BWV 795
- Sinfonia 10 G major BWV 796
- Sinfonia 11 g minor BWV 797
- Sinfonia 12 A major BWV 798
- Sinfonia 13 a minor BWV 799
- Sinfonia 14 B flat major BWV 800
- Sinfonia 15 b minor BWV 801